Date & time: Saturday, April 7, 2018, 2-5PM Venue: Queens Museum (New York City Building, Queens, 11368) Free and Open to the Public on a first come basis, no advance ticketing or RSVPs available. SAWCC co-presents Screening of A Suitable Girl with Directors Sarita Khurana and Smriti Mundhra on Saturday, April 7th, 2-5PM at Queens[…]

Date & time: Saturday, February 10, 2018, 12-3 PM Location: NYU Department of Social & Cultural Analysis, 20 Cooper Sq, Fl 4th, New York, New York 10003 Please join us for a conversation that delineates strategies employed by South Asian feminists to occupy public space in South Asia as well as New York City. Shilpa Phadke,[…]

The South Asian Women’s Creative Collective stands in solidarity with the #metoo movement and Jaishri Abichandani (artist, curator, and founder of SAWCC) as she organizes a collective, silent performance-protest at The Met Breuer on Sunday, December 3rd, 4-5 PM. Jaishri recently shared her experience of photographer Raghubir Singh– who currently has an exhibition up at the Met[…]

About US

The South Asian Women’s Creative Collective (SAWCC) has served South Asian women since 1997 and has earned a reputation for showcasing cutting-edge work that deals intelligently with issues of gender and cultural representation.

SAWCC

is a nonprofit arts organization dedicated to the advancement, visibility, and development of emerging and established South Asian women artists and creative professionals by providing a physical and virtual space to profile their creative and intellectual work across disciplines.

Visual & Performing Arts

Writing & Literature

Film & Media

Outreach & Activism

SAWCC Board of Directors

Ambika Trasi

Co-Chair

Ambika Trasi is primarily a visual artist, based in New York. She works across a variety of disciplines in her practice to examine ritual and language as transformative tools through which we shape and cement our realities.

Anjali Goyal

Treasurer

Anjali Goyal is an arts administrator based in Brooklyn, NY. Her current and previous work reflects an interest in feminism, literature, and representation of marginalized communities.

Brijeet K. Dhaliwal

Secretary

Brijeet K. Dhaliwal was born in Illinois to an immigrant family who ensured she learned Punjabi language and culture while gaining a western education.